Unit Question: How have circuits impacted our environments? It has improved our lives by moving out of the Agriculture Age to the Info Age. It has made our lives easier so we can work longer hours. It allows us to transport and save info on a computer.
INVESTIGATE: Define the following: Voltage: Electromotive force expressed in volts
Current: The Velocity of the flow
Resistance: A property of a conductor that makes electricity transfer heat
Circuit: The complete path of an Electric Current
Transistors: A semi-conductor that switches or amplifies the flow of a current
LEDs: light-emitting diode-A semi-conducting diode that produces light
Capacitor: A device for holding a charge of electricity
Resistor: A device used to introduce resistance in an electrical current
Switch: A device used to direct a current
Digital Electronics: Electronics involving circuits.
Integrated Circuit: A circuit of transistors on a single semi-conducting chip in which the components are connected to perform a function.
Binary Code: A system of characters using binary notation.
How have circuits impacted our environment?
It has improved our lives by moving out of the Agriculture Age to the Info Age. It has made our lives easier so we can work longer hours. It allows us to transport and save info on a computer.
Go to the following site and run the circuit construction kit. The site is: Circuit Link
Using this site, answer the following questions:
1. Using one battery, make the light bulb work. a. Volts: 9 b. Amps: 0.9
2. Light two light bulbs with one battery. a. Volts: 4.5 b. Amps: .45
3. Using a switch to light one light bulb. a. Volts: 9 b. Amps: 0.9
4. Use a capacitor with your circuit. (One battery, one bulb) a. Volts:Decreases to 0 b. Amps: Decreases to 0
5. Use an inductor in your circuit. (One battery, one bulb) a. Volts: Constantly Increasing b. Amps Constantly Increasing
6. Use an AC Voltage in your circuit. What happens to the current? a. Volts: Jumping from high to low b. Amps: Jumping from high to low
7. Which items in the grab bag complete the circuit? (One battery, one bulb) a. Dollar Bill no b. Paper clip: yes c. Penny: yes d. Eraser: no e. Pencil lead: yes, a bit by 0.3 f. Hand: no g. Dog: no
8. Use a resistor in your circuit. (One battery, one bulb) a. Volts: 4.5 b. Amps: .45
9. Add two batteries to light one light bulb. a. Volts:18 b. Amps: 1.8
10. Add three batteries to the circuit. Right click on one of the batteries and change the voltage to 100%. What happens to your batteries? They caught on fire a. Volts: 117.8 b. Amps: 11.8
11. Make your own circuit a. Volts: Constantly changing in the hundreds b. Amps: Constantly Changing c. Explain what happened with your circuit: It was on fire d. Describe/draw your circuit below:
CREATE Now start your circuit project. Get the materials and instruction from Ms. Bradfield.
EVALUATE
Answer the Following Questions After You Complete Your Circuit: 1. Did you like making the circuit? Yes 2. What did you like the least about making the circuit? It took a long time and you could get burned. 3. What did you like the best about making the circuit? It was fun to solder 4. Using complete sentences, explain how circuits can be applied in the real world. (List three) Computers, I-pods, Watches basically everything electronic.
5. Were you careful with the circuit, solder, and soldering iron? Yes 6. Were you respectful and nice to other students? Yes 7. Did you take a picture of both your circuits and add them to this wiki page? YES
ATTITUDE 1. Did you have a good attitude answering the questions? Explain: Yes, we did all of the work, but we didn't whine. 2. Did you have a good attitude making the circuits? Explain: YES! Even though it was reallly hard at first to solder, we stuck with it and finished making the circuits. 3. Were you a whiny baby during the circuit unit? Explain: NO, we didn't complain while making the circuit.
CIRCUIT ASSIGNMENT
Area of Interaction: Environments
Significant Concepts: Basic circuits
Unit Question: How have circuits impacted our environments? It has improved our lives by moving out of the Agriculture Age to the Info Age. It has made our lives easier so we can work longer hours. It allows us to transport and save info on a computer.
INVESTIGATE:
Define the following:
Voltage: Electromotive force expressed in volts
Current: The Velocity of the flow
Resistance: A property of a conductor that makes electricity transfer heat
Circuit: The complete path of an Electric Current
Transistors: A semi-conductor that switches or amplifies the flow of a current
LEDs: light-emitting diode-A semi-conducting diode that produces light
Capacitor: A device for holding a charge of electricity
Resistor: A device used to introduce resistance in an electrical current
Switch: A device used to direct a current
Digital Electronics: Electronics involving circuits.
Integrated Circuit: A circuit of transistors on a single semi-conducting chip in which the components are connected to perform a function.
Binary Code: A system of characters using binary notation.
How have circuits impacted our environment?
It has improved our lives by moving out of the Agriculture Age to the Info Age. It has made our lives easier so we can work longer hours. It allows us to transport and save info on a computer.
Go to the following site and run the circuit construction kit. The site is:Circuit Link
Using this site, answer the following questions:
1. Using one battery, make the light bulb work.
a. Volts: 9
b. Amps: 0.9
2. Light two light bulbs with one battery.
a. Volts: 4.5
b. Amps: .45
3. Using a switch to light one light bulb.
a. Volts: 9
b. Amps: 0.9
4. Use a capacitor with your circuit. (One battery, one bulb)
a. Volts:Decreases to 0
b. Amps: Decreases to 0
5. Use an inductor in your circuit. (One battery, one bulb)
a. Volts: Constantly Increasing
b. Amps Constantly Increasing
6. Use an AC Voltage in your circuit. What happens to the current?
a. Volts: Jumping from high to low
b. Amps: Jumping from high to low
7. Which items in the grab bag complete the circuit?
(One battery, one bulb)
a. Dollar Bill no
b. Paper clip: yes
c. Penny: yes
d. Eraser: no
e. Pencil lead: yes, a bit by 0.3
f. Hand: no
g. Dog: no
8. Use a resistor in your circuit. (One battery, one bulb)
a. Volts: 4.5
b. Amps: .45
9. Add two batteries to light one light bulb.
a. Volts:18
b. Amps: 1.8
10. Add three batteries to the circuit. Right click on one of the batteries
and change the voltage to 100%. What happens to your batteries? They caught on fire
a. Volts: 117.8
b. Amps: 11.8
11. Make your own circuit
a. Volts: Constantly changing in the hundreds
b. Amps: Constantly Changing
c. Explain what happened with your circuit: It was on fire
d. Describe/draw your circuit below:
CREATE
Now start your circuit project. Get the materials and instruction from Ms. Bradfield.
EVALUATE
Answer the Following Questions After You Complete Your Circuit:
1. Did you like making the circuit? Yes
2. What did you like the least about making the circuit? It took a long time and you could get burned.
3. What did you like the best about making the circuit? It was fun to solder
4. Using complete sentences, explain how circuits can be applied in the real world. (List three)
Computers, I-pods, Watches basically everything electronic.
5. Were you careful with the circuit, solder, and soldering iron? Yes
6. Were you respectful and nice to other students? Yes
7. Did you take a picture of both your circuits and add them to this wiki page? YES
ATTITUDE
1. Did you have a good attitude answering the questions? Explain: Yes, we did all of the work, but we didn't whine.
2. Did you have a good attitude making the circuits? Explain: YES! Even though it was reallly hard at first to solder, we stuck with it and finished making the circuits.
3. Were you a whiny baby during the circuit unit? Explain: NO, we didn't complain while making the circuit.